Antwerp, Moretus, Johannes (II), Galle, Theodoor, Kortrijk, David, Jan, Duodecim Specula Deum, Twelve mirrors with which man tries to see God, Specvlvm Fallax, Mirror of Deception, verso center bottom - stamped, In the foreground a fox blows a soap bubble that has the shape of the world. In the background are examples of earthly deception: a woman looking into a mirror, a jester looking at the moon through a mirror, a painter depicting an angel as a devil, a chameleon. The print has a Latin caption: 'Fallacus speculi cauesis te ludat imago: non aurum est, quidquid bractea fulua tegit'. At the bottom a legend of the scenes that are numbered alphabetically in the image. The print is part of a twelve-part series (II of XII prints) on the subject of twelve mirrors through which man tries to see God., print, book illustration, prints, height 152 mm, width 89 mm, Southern Netherlands, 1571 - 1633, print maker, printmaker, 1610 - 1610, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), 1543 - 1613, writer, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher, - 1618
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Antwerp, Moretus, Johannes, Ii, Galle, Theodoor, Kortrijk, David, Jan, Duodecim Specula Deum, Twelve mirrors, man tries, see God, Specvlvm Fallax, Mirror, Deception, verso center bottom - stamped, foreground, fox blows, soap bubble, shape, world, background, examples, earthly deception, woman looking, mirror, jester looking, moon, painter depicting, angel, devil, chameleon, print, Latin caption, Fallacus, speculi, cauesis te ludat imago, non aurum est, quidquid bractea fulua tegit, bottom, legend, scenes, numbered alphabetically, image, part, twelve-part series, XII prints, subject, twelve mirrors, book illustration, prints, height 152 mm, width 89 mm, Southern Netherlands, 1571 - 1633, print maker, printmaker, 1610 - 1610, paper, engraving, printing process, 1543 - 1613, writer, Publication, Event, publisher, - 1618
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